Electronic Telegram No. 5652
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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2024 XW_49
     S. S. Sheppard, Carnegie Institution for Science; and D. J. Tholen,
University of Hawaii, report that newly discovered transneptunian object 2024
XW_49 (cf. MPEC 2026-A21) is a nearly-equal-sized wide binary system based on
images obtained in 2024 with the 8.-2m Subaru telescope at Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
and in 2025 with the 6.5-m Magellan telescope at Las Campanas (Chile).  At
discovery on 2024 Dec. 4.449 UT, the two components had a separation of 1".35
at position angle 45 degrees, with an r-band magnitude difference of 0.6.


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2026 January 7                   (CBET 5652)              Daniel W. E. Green